DIARY OF A STRIPPER
by Christopher Cole

Review: David Whyld

A difficult game to comment on. It wasn't "quite" as explicit as I'd first thought it was going to be but then again it was hardly a game for the easily offended either. Playing the part of a male stripper, it is your job to… er, entertain a number of lady guests at a birthday party. Storyline-wise that’s about it.

The writing was good throughout but the gameplay side really let things down. For the most part there was no real freedom of movement and you seemed to be forced along a very set path; no chance to explore the game was given or any proper interaction with the characters was possible. There was also the added frustration of being given half the commands you needed to complete the game instead of figuring them out for yourself which pretty defeated the whole point of playing for me. Admittedly, most of these commands were non-obvious and I might never have figured them out on my own, but it seemed a strange game that actually tells you what you should be typing. A few subtle hints would have worked better.

Game: 4 out of 10

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Review: Eric Mayer

This isn't the sort of thing I usually play. I'm not into AIF. Or other sex-text. I'm more a visual kind of guy. When I was a teenager I got hold of Lady Chatterly's Lover and I just thought it was silly. (Well, no, I didn't literally get hold of Lady Chatterly's Lover -- I'm not into gardeners really) Anyhow, in this game you play a male stripper. I found out I'm not very good at it. Actualy it is quite well written and amusing. Still, not to be crude, but if I have to play AIF I'd prefer naked females rather than a naked male, particularly if the naked male is me. Nevertheless, I was entertained enough to play it through a couple times, improving my score, despite my general dislike of the genre, so Chris, my hat's off to you -- but nothing else.